Garment with adjustable collar



. April 1943. c. MEROLA 2,316,802

GARMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE COLLAR Filed Dec. 2, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. CIRO M Rom.

ATTORNEY.

April 20, 1943.

C. MEROLA GARMENT WITH ADJ USTABLE COLLAR Filed Dec. 2, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENT OR.

C R0 M OLA BY ML! ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 20, 1943 UNITED- STATES O-FFKIE' GARMENT WITH'. ADJUSTABLE COLLAR Ciro Mercia, Bayonne, N. J.

Application December 2, 1941, Serial No. 421,261

7 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in coats or jackets.

It is an object of the present invention to pro- Vide a coat or jacket witha collar; the length of which may be adjusted after the coat has'been manufactured; to-suit the neck height of the wearer.

It is another object of the present invention to provide for the said collar adjustment without requiring material to be removed or added to the manufactured coat.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a manufactured coat'in which the'collar and lapel portions. areintegral withthe front portions of the coat, and in which'the collar may be raised or lowered in a simpleand expeditious mannerto'conform to the neck-height of the wearer.

It is a still further object ofthe present invention to provide a garment wherein the back portion thereof isfree of direct connection from the collar bodyof the'garment'and wherein a member is secured to the'collar body and the back portion whereby severance of the member from either the collar body or back-portion will p'ermit the collar body to be raised and lowered relative to the back portion.

Other objects-and advantages of' the invention will appear asthe descriptionproceeds, it'being understood, however, that-it is not intendedthat the invention be limited to the exact details described herein which illustratesthe production of one satisfactory product of many'which may be obtained as a result of the knowledge gained through or gleaned from an understanding'of the invention; and it is furtherintended that there be included, as part of the invention all such obvious changes and modifications thereof as would occur to a person skilled in theart'to which this-invention pertains and as would fall within the scopeof the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the left front portion of a garment to which the invention is applied;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the right front portion thereof;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the left rear portion thereof;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the right rear portion thereof;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a filler piece or member employed in the invention;

Fig. 6 is a view of the left front and rear pieces of the garment in assembled condition;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view showing the construction at the rear upper part of "the garment observed from the outside of the garment,

the member of Fig. 5 being shown partly folded back;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of Fig. 7 taken' at line 8--8 thereof; and

Fig. 9 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 8 but showing the slot in expanded position in accordance with the invention.

The numerals l5, I6, ll, lfl indicatethe four panels or portions in making up a-conventional coat or jacket. The portions'or panels 'l5, l6 are conneotable'at the front of-the garment. The numerals l8 and indicate the lapel portions of the coat, while 2| and 22 indicate the-integral collar portions of the collar body forming extensions thereof; Slits 23 and 24 are cut at the point of juncture of the collar portions ZI-and 22 with the coat portions l5 and I6, respectively. These cuts or' slit-s 23, 24 are disposed below the-collar fold line (see. Fig; 6) separatingthecoll-ar body from the portions l5, 16 at substantially the shoulder-of the garment. The shoulders of the coat are formedby' connecting seam edge 25- with seam'edge Z5; and seam edge 2Twith seam edge 28. Both back pieces'll and I8 have extensions 29 and SB-for connection with the flat flexible member or filler piece 33 by'the seams-43 (Figs. 7 and 9). These-extensions are adjacent to collar extensions3l and 32 to whichthe filler -33-'is also secured'by-means of stitches 48. The sleeves fit into cuts34, 35 and 36-; 31' of the respective pieces |5t0 l8, inclusive. These pieoesare also sewed alonglines 38 to 43-. inclusive, during construction of the garment. When these portions are assembled, they will form sleeve openings 44 and'45.

As=clearly shown in Fig. 7 when all of the aforementioned portions are joined together toform thesgarment; there'may be'provided'below the collar 21; 22 an opening or cut-out comprising the-notched-like endportions 46a =and tlienarrower intermediate longitudinal portion or slit 46. The extensions 29, are free of direct connection from the collar body extensions 3|, 32. The space 46 in Figs. 7 and 8 can be enlarged as at 41 (Fig. 9) by removing either stitches 48 or 49 and then resewing member 33. Thus the collar may be raised or lowered relative to the back portion of the garment. The coat collar when normally turned down covers strip 33.

The invention is particularly adapted for use in connection with manufactured garments sold to the consumer through retail outlets. In this case, the stitches 49 may be of such nature as to be easily removed. If a person having a long neck is to be fitted by the retailer, these stiches 49 are removed, the collar raised (since it is disconnected from the back portion of the garment) and member 33 restitched. Referring particularly to Figs. 7-9 this means that portions 29, 30 and 3 I, 32 are spread apart to suit the neck height of the wearer before sewing down the member 33 by means of stitches 48, 49. Now, in case a wearer having a low neck is to be fitted, the parts 29, 30, and 3|, 32, are brought closer together to again suit the particular neck height of the wearer before the member 33 is secured by means of stitches 49.

Referring to the foregoing embodiment, it is evident that in its more specific aspect, the invention includes a garment comprising connectible front sections having body portions l5, l6 and lapels I9, 20 provided, respectively, with connected extensions 2|, 22 constituting a collar body for the garment the said sections having the slits 23, 24 forming cuts 46a at the body portions separating the collar body from the body portions at substantially the shoulders of the garment, the back of the garment (which may comprise the two connected panels l1, l3 having its upper portion including extension 29, 38 free of direct connection from thecollar body or the collar extensions 3I, 32 and the fiat flexible strip or member 33 overlying th cuts 46a and the upper portion of the back, member 33 being secured to the collar body and to the upper portion of the back and to the front sections I5, I6.

This application is a continuation in part of my earlier application, Serial No. 379,863, filed February 20, 1941, for Coat with an adjustable collar. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a garment, two sections connectable at the front, a collar body for said garment, said collar body connecting with said sections and having a fold line, a back for said garment having its upper portion fre of direct connection from said collar body, and a flat flexible member secured to said collar body adjacent said fold line and to said upper portion, whereby severance of sai securing means will permit said collar'body to be moved relative to said back.

2. In a garment, a body including a back portion, 'a collar body for said garment, said back portion being free of direct connection from said collar body, and a member secured to said collar body and tosaid back portion, whereby severance of said member from either said collar body 01' said back portion will permit said collar body to be raised or lowered relative to said back portion.

3. In a garment, a body including two sections connectable at the front and a back portion, a collar body for said garment, said back portion and a portion of each of said sections being free of direct connection from said collar body, and a member secured to said collar body and to said back portion and said sections, said collar body being movable relatively to said back portion prior to said securement of said member.

4. In a garment, a collar structure and a body, said body including a back, said back being free of direct connection from said collar structure whereby they are'relatively movable, and a member attachable to said collar structure and said back for maintaining the position between said collar structure and said back upon said relative movement.

5. In a garment, a collar structure and a body, said body including two panels connectable at the front of the garment and a back intermediate said panels, each of said panels including a lapel having an extension forming part of said collar extensions are movable with relation to said back and the portions of said panels separated'from said extensions by said slits,,and a fiat member adapted to overlie said slits and attachable to said collar structure, said back .and said panels.

6. In a garment two connectable front sections, each of said sections including abody portionand a lapel having an extension, said extensions being connected constituting a collar body for the garment, said collar body having afold line, each of said front sections having a cutbelow said fold line and at said body portion separating said collar body from said body portion at substantially the shoulder of the garment, a back for said garment having its upper portion free of direct connection from said collar body, and a flat flexible member overlying said cuts and said upper portion and being secured to said collar body adjacent said fold line and to said upper portion and said body portions, said collar body being movable relatively to said body portions at said cuts and to said upper portion prior to securement 1 of said member. 7 1 g 7. In a garmenttwo-connectable front sections, each of said sections including a body portion and a lapel having an extension, 'said extensions being connected constituting a collar body for the garment, each of said front sections having a cut at said body portion separating said collar body from said body portion at substantially the shoulder of the garment, a back for said garment having itsupper portion free of direct connection from said collar'body, and a flat member overlying said cut and said upper portion and being secured to said collar body and to said upper portion and said body portions, said collar body being movable relatively to said body portions at said cuts and to said upper portion prior to securement of said member.

CIRO MEROLA. 

